Heath Ledger has passed away :MEMORIAL PICS POSTED

[Twingle]

Um, if the media stopped buying these pictures and video, then paparazzi would eventually stop taking them. Hello!!!

Just wanted to say I totally agree with this. Perez Hilton would not post the pics of Michelle Williams and Matilda returning home, any of the photos of his body being removed, the funeral home, etc.

Didn't read this whole thread, but I found out this morning that his PARENTS found out through the MEDIA. To me, that is just so flippin wrong, I have no words. The average joe that passes will not be named until next of kin is notified, but because someone is a celebrity the media can plaster it all over the news asap?

Nine shades of wrong IMHO.

Hopefully his family will be able to keep all the details quiet, and there will be no media circus in Perth.

 

[Planogirl]

This is why I refuse to buy magazines or watch shows that in any way have anything to do with the paparazzi. It's none of my business what these people do and I will not be a part of the feeding frenzy.

 

[Nancyg56]

This is why I refuse to buy magazines or watch shows that in any way have anything to do with the paparazzi. It's none of my business what these people do and I will not be a part of the feeding frenzy.

I also refuse to buy any of those tabloid magazines or any entertainment magazines. I stopped after I saw how the paparazzi followed Princess Diana and then heard how celebrities are shadowed continually. Small rebellion on my part, I know but I won't participate.

 

[disneyfan67]

This is why I refuse to buy magazines or watch shows that in any way have anything to do with the paparazzi. It's none of my business what these people do and I will not be a part of the feeding frenzy.

That's my policy as well and I refuse to add to that feeding frenzy by buying that crap. When I was a teen, I worked in a small family owned drugstore that also had a had a huge news stand. They sold every magazine you could think of and the new product came twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays. There were regular customers who would come in early on the day when those trashy tabloids were put out and buy a copy of each one. You knew that you had to get those out first thing because of the demand and I use to feel a mixture of sadness and disgust for those people. They literally would be 3 deep in line to get them and it was like it was drug or something. I remember to this day when Rock Hudson admitted he had AIDS and was dying because the tabloids that summer went berserk about him and we couldn't keep them in stock. They were brutal and cruel in what they wrote and regardless of what some thought of the man and how he lived his life, no one deserves that to done to them. I think that period of time was one of the reasons why to this day, I'm against the tabloid industry.

 

[The_Horned_King]

Can I just ask a question? I know they have no way of determing time of death, YET, but they said they will eventually they may be able to pin it down. What the heck was the massage therapist THINKING?????!?!? I mean, yes, it might not have made a difference, if say he died 30 minutes before she went in to his room, but you find some one not breathing, and the first thing you DON'T do is call 911?!?!?! I mean, I thought every person, no matter what, knew that that should be your first call. What a dumby, sorry, but it is what it is. What if he had just stopped breathing, she made 2 calls to Mary Kate Olson, instead of getting him help, that maybe could have made a difference! If I was the family, I would be extremely PO'd at her!

I watched TMZ last night and they are reporting that the information that the massuse(sp) called MK first is false. In fact she called 911 then called MK. This is according to TMZ (TV) at about midnight last night(east time)

 

[sweetandsassyfl]

Horned King, may I please use one of your banners in my signature?

 

[crazee4mickey]

Posting on TMZ that Heath may have died of natural causes...sadly, I hope so for his family's sake
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/26/heaths-death-could-be-natural-causes/

 

[crazee4mickey]

Posting on TMZ that Heath may have died of natural causes...sadly, I hope so for his family's sake
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/26/heaths-death-could-be-natural-causes/

Also info on the masseuse saying she heard him snoring at 1:00---according to TMZ they think he may have been dead for 3 hour s before help arrived.

 

[SamRoc]

Didn't read this whole thread, but I found out this morning that his PARENTS found out through the MEDIA. Nine shades of wrong IMHO.

Oh, thats so sad! I didnt know that! Those poor parents. I heard that they named their two children Heathcliff and Catherine after their favorite novel "Wuthering Heights" Thats my favorite book also, and I think that was a beautiful way to name their children.

 

[chisnpeke]

Posting on TMZ that Heath may have died of natural causes...sadly, I hope so for his family's sake
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/26/heaths-death-could-be-natural-causes/

I do too.

 

[tiggersmom2]

A heart attack would have been noted on autopsy....so, we know it wasn't that ( I just read the TMZ report that said it might have been a heart attack).

 

[crazee4mickey]

A heart attack would have been noted on autopsy....so, we know it wasn't that ( I just read the TMZ report that said it might have been a heart attack).

Oh, I just posted the link to TMZ saying it may be natural causes as I didn't know the complete autopsy results were in as I haven't read the entire thread, I thought it was just the toxicology report that was released so far.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Oh, I just posted the link to TMZ saying it may be natural causes as I didn't know the complete autopsy results were in as I haven't read the entire thread, I thought it was just the toxicology report.

The autopsy is complete.....the toxicology reports is what will take 4-6weeks.

 

[Kycha]

What would be a "natural cause" of death for a 28 year old?

 

[crazee4mickey]

What would be a "natural cause" of death for a 28 year old?

We had a 21 year old die of "natural causes" in our town after playing a game of hockeyand going home.... it was his heart.
There have also been young teenagers who die of "natural causes" in our area--heart or aneurysms.

 

[tiggersmom2]

I remember my FAVORITE figure skater died of natural causes....Sergei Grinkov. He was part of the pair "Gordeeva and Grinkov" and he died of a massive heart attack while he was lifting her.....he was 27.

 

[poohandwendy]

I remember my FAVORITE figure skater died of natural causes....Sergei Grinkov. He was part of the pair "Gordeeva and Grinkov" and he died of a massive heart attack while he was lifting her.....he was 27.

That was sooooo sad! What a tragic, but beautiful love story.

 

[tiggersmom2]

That was sooooo sad! What a tragic, but beautiful love story.

Did you see her when she tried to skate without him? It was 1996 and she broke down crying on the ice....I was at WDW and cried, and cried and cried. It broke my heart, I will never forget it.

 

[JennyMominRI]

Did you see her when she tried to skate without him? It was 1996 and she broke down crying on the ice....I was at WDW and cried, and cried and cried. It broke my heart, I will never forget it.

She remarried .. She's married to 1998 gold medalist Ilia Kulic and they have a daughter.

 

[tiggersmom2]

She remarried .. She's married to 1998 gold medalist Ilia Kulic and they have a daughter.

Yes, I remember that. I'm so glad she found happiness!